SUMMARY:

• 17 years of total experience and multiple times top rated performer in Software Development within Confidential holding various positions - Senior Program Manager and Manager.
• Demonstrated success in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) managing and delivering various releases with focus on quality while following Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience in people management of up to 20 engineers (managing co-located/remote direct reports, offshore resource management, hiring, performance reviews, salary reviews, career advancement plans, rewards/bonus reviews, coaching/mentoring etc.). Passionate about enabling team to reach and deliver at their full potential.
• Skilled in collaborating with all levels in the organization (executive management, development/QA team, architects, product management, sales, marketing, support, usability, doc, legal, devOps etc.) in multiple regions.
• Expert in getting PaaS/SaaS offerings delivered in compliance with industry and company best practices, processes and standards (Quality, Accessibility, Globalization, Translations, Secure Engineering, Open Source).
• Excellent written and communication skills, fast learner, self-motivated, in need of minimal direction, great team player, flexible, known for excellence, and strive for overall success of the company.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Jose CA

Program Manager/Scrum Consultant

• Responsible for introducing Scrum practices and Agile methodologies to multiple engineering organizations.
• Responsible for all aspects of PLC: working directly with cross-functional team, including product, development, QA and Release management to bring each project to timely completion.
• Ran Scrum of Scrums for multiple teams, spanning multiple locations and time zones.
• Provided status reporting and ensured transparent communication between all stakeholders.
• Facilitated tracking of user stories and epics using jira.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Product Manager - Watson Data Platform

• Analyzed and developed product roadmap and competitive strategy for SaaS offerings and maximizing revenue stream and strengthening market position.
• Drove the product roadmap by partnering with customers, channels, support, sales and marketing.
• Created product messaging and value propositions for multiple offerings.
• Drove deprecation and EOS for SQLDB, facilitating $100K / month savings for total savings of $1M costs.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Senior Project Manager

• Managed multiple releases using Agile methodologies.
• Led deployment of offerings in private and in public cloud (AWS) and in multiple region environment.
• Collaborated and communicated with directors, product / development / QA managers, creating roadmap for continuous integration and communicated status to executive team.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Development / Quality Assurance Manager

• Collaborated with internal Confidential product teams to understand requirements and worked with product manager, architect, and development / QA lead, identified line items for each product / component release.
• Drove line items to completion by conducting human / capital resource, change request, and risk management, along with staying on top of quality plan / risk / certification to release quality product.
• Led team in automation, functional, performance, and regression testing, resulting in 25% faster turnaround times and better regression coverage.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

DevOps Manager

• Increased client efficiency and quality of builds by improving engineering practices and processes and thus achieving 99.99% availability.
• Improved performance of build environment by utilizing native virtual environment, reducing build time by 50%.
• Drove continuous deployment pipeline by integrating Git, Jenkins, and Maven into build infrastructure.
• Led software development and integration growth by increasing product portfolio.
• Grew build engineer capabilities by standardizing build processes, improving utilization of resources, and establishing continuous delivery process.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Extreme Blue Program Manager

• Led successful execution of 10 Extreme Blue projects (predictive analytics, cloud, eCommerce, information management, IoT, etc) by reviewing plans, meeting with stakeholders, evaluating requirements and monitoring execution.
• Managed teams of engineers and MBA students in design, development, test, and deployment of new technology.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Project Manager

• Established and implemented Agile project management practices and methodologies for the organization to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations.
• Directed complex stakeholder communication across multiple executive line management chains and interdependent co-requisite product development project teams, resulting in synchronized product portfolio and delivery.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Project Manager

• Worked with project managers, program managers, and functional managers, releasing high quality products.
• Drove innovation by contributing to process, quality and productivity improvements.
• Led project management community in adoption of Agile methodology.
• Products and Releases Managed: z/OS Tape Encryption V1.4 - V1.8: Hardware Gold Award Winner 2006. As a result, Confidential won an $18M tape bid; Generally Available: 2/2007.
• Led 4 Projects: Multiple Subchannel Set SPE, zCDP SPE, NFS R12 Release and CA Reclaim project.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Content Management (CM) Build Engineer / Lead

• Fostered an environment of collaboration and teamwork with local and remote team members.
• Led transition of build environment and processes from US to China.